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London: Chapman and Hall, 1855. First edition of one of Browning's finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. A collection of fifty-one poems in two volumes, Browning's Men and Women contains some of the best of his poetry including "Love Among the Ruins," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Any Wife to any Husband," and "The Statue and the Bust." It was his first published work after a five year hiatus, and his first collection of shorter poems since his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett (to whom Edgar Allan Poe dedicated The Raven) in 1846.

Published in 1855, 'Men and Women' is a collection of fifty-one poems by Robert Browning, which some regard as his masterpiece. It includes dramatic monologues and explores themes of love, society, and philosophy.